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Shohei Ohtani leads Box-Toppers season player rankings for the 12th straight week, though he hasn’t earned Box-Toppers points in nearly two weeks and hasn’t played since Sunday.
Meanwhile, Braves pitcher Spencer Strider continues to lead National League pitchers in Box-Toppers team rankings and Ronald Acuna Jr. of the Braves continues to lead NL batters.
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Shohei Ohtani leads Box-Toppers season player rankings for the 11th straight week, though he briefly lost the lead this week before regaining it.
Braves pitcher Spencer Strider, who continues his lead among National League players, led rankings for one day before Ohtani rebounded with a 0.3-point lead.
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Shohei Ohtani clings to the Box-Toppers season player rankings lead, despite a week in which he earned no Box-Toppers points and sustained an injury that will keep from pitching for the rest of 2023.
The Angels pitcher/designated hitter leads player rankings for the 10th straight week, but the lead narrowed to just 1.0 Box-Toppers point, his slimmest lead since June 27.
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Shohei Ohtani of the Angels leads Box-Toppers season player rankings for the ninth straight week.
Ohtani also leads American League pitchers and batters. In addition, both National League category leaders remain the same from last week—Spencer Strider of the Braves maintains his lead among NL pitchers and Pete Alonso of the Mets maintains his lead among NL batters.
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Shohei Ohtani of the Angels leads Box-Toppers season player rankings for the eighth straight week.
Ohtani also leads American League pitchers and batters. Also this week, Pete Alonso of the Mets rises to lead National League batters in Box-Toppers points and Spencer Strider of the Braves maintains his lead among NL pitchers.
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Shohei Ohtani of the Angels leads Box-Toppers season player rankings for the seventh straight week.
Ohtani also leads American League pitchers and batters. Also this week, Spencer Strider of the Braves rises to lead National League pitchers in Box-Toppers points and Nolan Gorman of the Cardinals maintains his lead among NL batters for the third week.
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Shohei Ohtani of the Angels leads Box-Toppers season player rankings for the sixth straight week.
Ohtani also leads American League pitchers and batters. Also this week, Jesus Luzardo of the Marlins rises to lead National League pitchers in Box-Toppers points and Nolan Gorman of the Cardinals maintains his lead among NL batters for the second week.
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Shohei Ohtani of the Angels leads Box-Toppers season player rankings for the fifth straight week.
Ohtani also leads American League pitchers and batters. Also this week, Nolan Gorman of the Cardinals rises to lead National League batters in Box-Toppers points and Spencer Strider of the Braves maintains his lead among NL pitchers for the second week.
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The Tampa Bay Rays and the Texas Rangers have the most players among the top 100 in Box-Toppers’ 2023 player rankings at the All-Star break.
Both the Rays and Rangers have seven players on the top 100 list (which actually consists of 102 players because of a tie for 100th place). Both American League teams are also among the top three in Box-Toppers team rankings at the All-Star break—the Rays rank first and the Rangers rank third, second among AL teams.
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Shohei Ohtani of the Angels leads Box-Toppers season player rankings for the fourth straight week.
Ohtani also leads American League pitchers and batters. Also this week, Spencer Strider of the Braves rises to lead National League pitchers in Box-Toppers rankings. Ronald Acuna Jr. of the Braves leads NL batters for the second week.
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Shohei Ohtani of the Angels leads Box-Toppers season player rankings for the third straight week.
Ohtani also leads American League pitchers and batters. Also this week, Clayton Kershaw of the Dodgers rises to lead National League pitchers in Box-Toppers rankings and Ronald Acuna Jr. of the Braves rises to lead NL batters.
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Shohei Ohtani of the Angels leads Box-Toppers season player rankings for the second straight week.
Ohtani also leads American League pitchers and batters. Also this week, Luis Arraez of the Marlins rises to lead National League batters in Box-Toppers rankings. Plus, Zac Gallen of the Diamondbacks maintains his lead among NL pitchers.
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Shohei Ohtani of the Angels rises to lead Box-Toppers season player rankings this week.
Ohtani also rises to lead American League pitchers and maintains his lead among AL batters. In addition, both National League leaders remained unchanged from last week—Zac Gallen of the Diamondbacks leads NL pitchers and Max Muncy of the Dodgers leads NL batters.
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Blue Jays pitcher Kevin Gausman maintains the lead in Box-Toppers player rankings report for the second week.
All other category leaders also remain unchanged from last week: Gausman leads American League pitchers, Shohei Ohtani of the Angels leads AL batters, Zac Gallen of the Diamondbacks leads National League pitchers and Max Muncy of the Dodgers leads NL batters.
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Blue Jays pitcher Kevin Gausman regains the lead in this week’s Box-Toppers player rankings report.
Gausman rises from fifth place last week to take the top spot and also is the new leader among American League pitchers.
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Rays pitcher Shane McClanahan rises to lead this week’s Box-Toppers player rankings report.
McClanahan rises from fifth place last week to take the top spot and also is the new leader among American League pitchers.
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Diamondbacks pitcher Zac Gallen leads Box-Toppers player rankings report for the second straight week.
Gallen also maintains his lead among National League pitchers. Meanwhile, Shohei Ohtani of the Angels rises to lead American League batters, Jacob deGrom of the Rangers continues to lead AL pitchers and Sean Murphy of the Braves maintains his lead among NL batters.
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Diamondbacks pitcher Zac Gallen rises to lead this week’s Box-Toppers player rankings report.
Gallen also maintains his lead among National League pitchers. Meanwhile, Jacob deGrom of the Rangers continues to lead American League pitchers, Jarren Duran of the Red Sox leads AL batters and Sean Murphy of the Braves leads NL batters.
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Rangers pitcher Jacob deGrom rises to lead this week’s Box-Toppers player rankings report.
deGrom also rises to lead American League pitchers. Meanwhile, Red Sox teammates Jarren Duran and Masataka Yoshida both rise to tie for the lead among AL batters, Zac Gallen of the Diamondbacks maintains his lead among National League pitchers and Bryan Reynolds of the Pirates maintains his lead among NL batters.
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Diamondbacks pitcher Zac Gallen rises to lead this week’s Box-Toppers player rankings report.
Gallen leads National League pitchers for the second straight week. Meanwhile, Gerrit Cole of the Yankees rises to lead American League pitchers, Bryan Reynolds of the Pirates maintains his lead among NL batters and Wander Franco of the Rays maintains his lead among AL batters.
Read MoreBox-Toppers tracks who most helps their team win the most games. Using standard box score statistics, Box-Toppers uses a simple formula to determine a Player of the Game for each Major League Baseball game played. That player is the person who contributed most to his team’s win. Players earn Box-Toppers points for being named Player of the Game and can earn bonus points for being Player of the Day or top player or batter in their league for the day.